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New Tutorial Series for Beginners
🕑 Added 2023-05-09 06:16:10 +0000 UTCUsing new, easier tools and videos!
I was going nuts with all the animations in game so I decided to take a break and write this thing, this new series will be hosted on Drive and will be linked in full in this post so it's easier to find. We'll be using new tools that have been created since my last tutorials and see things in game with videos.
01 - Introduction to the new Tutorials
02 - Basic S4S and TDESC Browser Operations (Video)
- How to move around in Sims 4 Studio if you never ever used it and can't even start making a mod.
03 - Workflow (Video)
Making of a Reward trait, no steps skipped, for total beginners. Tools used in order:
- Sims 4 Studio (I'm not using the open beta version yet because of a problem with scrolling the local tuning it has)
- TDESC Browser
- Sims 4 Image Viewer
- STBL Studio
- Lot51 Core Library
04 - Lets Make a Buff (pt 1) (Video)
This is the last "change name, ID, bloody SimData" boring one, I promise... we're going to turn this buff into what you'll see at the end of the video next. In this you'll see how to make a simple moodlet and how to make a simple loot action to give it to Sims. Bonus: you're going to see the loot_on_trait_add options of the traits. Next we'll make interactions and some other fun things.
04 - Lets Make a Buff (pt 2) (Video)
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05 - Making of a Full Mod (Videos)
I went a bit overboard with this one and recorded the full making of a mod. Starting from simple, a skill, we'll be covering a bunch of things like using traits and buffs in a full mod, interactions, adding interactions to existing objects, and even a situation. This will be long, I already have some 3h recorded and still haven't completed the mod.
Don't start directly from this one, watch the basics first if you don't know how to move around the tuning, this one is only going to confuse you.
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How to Fix "Sims start Dancing when Running a Custom Interaction"
If you ever encounter this problem, this is one way to fix it. I still have to cut the next video of my tutorial series, so this is for people who're already venturing into making SocialSuperInteractions. It works for other problematic postures too, not only dancing.
How to get the AI to generate Icons for your mods
Finding Maxis Match images to add to mods is a pain in the arse, or at least was before the AI image generators! Now it's a matter of few clicks! This is a tip for content creators that want to keep their work as Maxis Match as possible!
Comments
MK29
Thank you this is super helpful! Would it be possible for you to provide the full 3 hour video it would be helpful for us newbies
Bytentrix
Why are you so amazing?? Like for real not all hero’s wear capes holy shit. Xoxoxox ❤️❤️❤️
Zero_
I never worked on animations, if you go on Lot51 site he has a resources page to learn how to mod and I spotted a series specifically dedicated to custom animations!
SportySims
Thanks a lot for your effort Zero creating this auspiciously great and helpful tutorial series 👍👏! I would love to see a tutorial about how to add custom animations to functional objects.
Dovelette
Oh and no idea what you're all planning to cover but I'd really love and appreciate tutorials on making traits, recolors, overrides, and especially making existing or new items functional, etc - who knows, I'm sure anything will be so helpful, it already looks astounding and so thorough!
Jordan
Yeah like many things there are a couple of ways to do it
Jazzijen
Ooo. Hey Zero, when you get time, could you make a tutorial on how to add ambience and environmental factor for items? (Like ambient inspiration on bar.) It's one thing I still can't figure out. <3 I'm new to modding too. Please? I've read so many things and watched so many videos, and I'm still confused.
Dovelette
I think this is super awesome and making tutorials and modding/creating more accessible and easily understood is so kind!
